Pleasures which are experienced with a sense of detachment cease to be bhogas (enjoyment of material comforts) and become a form of Yoga. After enjoying all the pleasures and comforts we seek, what is it that remains? The body decomposes into five elements. What is basic is the Atma principle that sustains the body and all the senses. When the Atma leaves the body, neither the sense organs nor the mind can function. The Atma is Eternal and Omnipresent. It is self-existent. The spiritual quest is to understand and realize the nature of the Atma... Every individual should regard the enquiry into nature of the Atma as the primary purpose of life. Purity of thought, word and deed is essential for this enquiry.

- Divine Discourse, January 20, 1985.